John Coltrane’s groundbreaking 'Blue Train' album will be released in two special editions as part of Blue Note’s acclaimed Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series.
The two photography exhibits ("Jazz Greats" and "Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill") will feature images of Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, and many other jazz legends.
Blues, jazz, and heavy metal bands frequently end up being short-changed by streaming services while shorter song genres benefit the most.
The iconic three-story Philadelphia building, known as the Arkestral Institute of Sun Ra, has been a cradle for Sun Ra’s evolving Arkestra outfit since the 1960s.
Mike Casey launches a unique, interactive, album-as-an-app experience for his acclaimed 2020 'Law of Attraction' album which allows listeners to build the perfect mix to learn, play, or sing-along to.
Chigusa, Japan’s longest-running jazz café since 1933, is set to become a museum and live music venue where it will exhibit its massive collection of V-discs and rare vinyl records.
Perry and his album, 'Maximize', go quite a bit towards restoring the good name of smooth jazz as a genre.
On 'Twist Run Road' Elaine Lucia is able to come up with some quite fresh jazz/folk that has real substance.
Jeff Novotny and his JAZZPRJKT take the risky jazz experimentation route on "Cygnus X-1" and come through unscathed.
Live music made a comeback this year in a very special way with a folk family reunion called FOLK ON! The historic Newport Folk Festival returned with artists like Chaka Khan, Marcus King, Grace Potter, Brandi Carlile, and more gracing their stages.
Aman Jagwani's album 'This Place' delivers exactly on the promise delivered by the single of the same name - smooth jazz that defies standard smooth jazz formulas.
As was the case with his son Jeff, Tim Buckley had both an incredible songwriting talent and an even more incredible, multi-octave voice. Also like his son, he's become a cult icon in his own right.
Charles Mingus was one of the most important and influential composers of twentieth-century music. He was a true pioneer, who pushed the boundaries of jazz and classical music to create a unique and powerful sound that is still being explored by musicians today.
On 'London Fields,' Ambient Jazz Ensemble presents music that can proudly bear both ambient and jazz tags.
On 'II' French trio Bada-Bada show what a combination between jazz and techno should sound like.
The last album recorded by legendary New Orleans pianist, composer, and singer Dr. John is finally being released this Fall, titled 'Things Happen That Way.'
What is Krautrock? And how has this weird era of eclectic music from West Germany in the '60s and '70s come to influence so much in music still to this day? Let's take a look.
Photographer and video artist Oan Kim, successfully develops his many musical interests on his latest project, 'Oan Kim & the Dirty Jazz.'
Thelonious Monk was a musical prodigy and one of the most inventive pianists of any musical genre, crafting a sound so original not even his most devoted followers could imitate. No wonder he's been dubbed by many as "The Genius of Modern Music."
Not only does it mark John Coltrane’s first platinum record, but incredibly, it’s also the first jazz album of the 1960s to achieve platinum status.
Hurricane Ida has created havoc in New Orleans and one of the major casualties of the storm was The Karnofsky Tailor Shop and Residence, a historic jazz landmark, and Louis Armstrong's "second home."
It's been 50 years since Joni Mitchell released what many consider to be her defining album, 'Blue'; defining not only her as an artist but what the singer-songwriter genre could be as a whole.
Just a couple of months before his death, on July 1, 1991, Davis performed at the ‘Jazz à Vienne’ festival in France. For the first time, that recording is being released.
It took Rachel Lyons, the archivist for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, some 20 odd years to discover these tapes of historic performances.